Wooden hub for vehicles



(No Model.)

J AUSTING WOODEN HUB FOR VEHICLES.

Patented Oct. 27, 1-896.

WITNE'EBEE ATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH AUSTING, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

woooEN HUB FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,215, dated October27, 1896. Application filed February 12, 1896. Serial No. 578,999. (Nomodel.)

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH AUSTING, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Hubs forVehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wood hubs for vehicles. Itsobject is to provide an economical means, which is readily applicable toany of theWell-known forms of wood hubs, to effectively prevent the oilor other lubricant used from saturating the wood. This object I attainby the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in connectionwith which the invention will be first fully described and thenparticularly referred to and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similarreference-letters wherever they occur throughout the various views,Figure 1 is a diametrical section al view of a well-known form of woodhub incased in a metal shell provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the common wood hub used upon heavy vehicles. Fig. 3 isa similar view of the rear end of a buggy or carriage hub provided withmy improvements. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the outer end of a Woodenhub fitted with an ordinary metallic point-band and having myimprovements attached.

In the different views,A represents a wooden hub; B, the axle-box,fitting the central bore of the hub and having its forward end extendedslightly beyond the bore in the hub which seats it, and in Fig. 1 0represents the metal shell, which incases the wooden hub. These parts asdescribed are of ordinary construction. The only difference betweenthese and the old form is that the'forward end of the axle-box, asshown, projects beyond the bore in the wooden hub.

My improvedmeans for preventing the lubricant from saturating the woodconsists of the sheet-metal shells D and D, which protect the rear endof the hub, and the sheetmetal shells or cups E, which protect the outerend of the wooden hub. In all the views the sheet-metal shells arecentrally perforated to tightly fit over the ends of the axle-box.

In Fig. 1 the rear shell snuglyfits within the metallic shell 0, and itsinturned flange d passes tightly over the rear end of the axlebox B.Ordinarily the shell, which is made of light-sheet metal, is forced intothe end of the box and Will be held by frictional contact, but foradditional security screws or nails are driven through the flange d intothe Wooden hub, as shown. I

In Fig. 2 the shell D fits against the end of the hub and tightly overthe end of the axle-box, the rim cl of the shell fitting as a collarover the end of the hub and is held in place by a ferrule a, which isdriven onto the hub over the rim d.

In Fig. 3 the shell D is of the same form as in Fig. 2, and applied inthe same way, except that the rim d fits over the ferrule ainstead ofunder it, as shown in Fig. 2, and as an additional fastening nails aredriven through the flange into the wooden hub.

In Fig. 1 the shell E snugly fits within the point of the metallic shell0 and has an inturned flange c,which is centrally perforated and tightlyfits over'the projecting end of the axle-box B, and as an additionalfastening has nails driven through the flange a into the end of the woodhub. In Fig. 2 the shell E fits within the counterbored end of thewooden hub A, its inturned flange e fitting tightly over the projectingend of the axlebox, as in Fig. 1. This shell has an outwardly-turnedflange e, which covers the end of the wooden hub and the metal ferruleor collar a. Tacks or screws are driven through the flange c into thewooden hub as an additional fastening.

In Fig. 4, which is the forward end of the ordinary wooden buggy-wheel,fitted with the ferrule or point-banded, the shell E snugly fits withinthis point-band and its inturned flange e bears against the end of thewooden hub A,the end ofthe bOXB projecting through the opening in theshell and the shell being secured by screws or nails.

It will be seen that the shells D, D, and E may be either-spun or struckup from light sheet metal to the size desired and to the shape of thehub ends, and when forced to box and completely covering thewoodenportions of the hub, substantially as shown and described.

2. A sheet-metal cap or case adapted to fit Within the ends of the huband centrally perfoi'ated to snugly fit over the projecting ends of theaxle-box, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH AUSTIN G. Vitnesses SHERWOOD R. TAYLOR, GEO. J. MURRAY.

